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Deadline for letters of intent is Friday, January 12, 2018. The American SIDS Institute announces grant funding opportunities for 2019. Detailed information and instructions can be downloaded here: American SIDS Institute Grant Opportunities.

Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, just published a paper from The American SIDS Institute and partner international organizations establishing new global priorities for tackling Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). The project is the first of its kind to bring together professionals and bereaved families from 25 countries to achieve consensus on […]

Drs. McEntire and Hunt (American SIDS Institute Executive Director and Board Member respectively) spoke at the International SIDS & Stillbirth Conference in September in Montevideo, Uruguay. Scientists from all over the world shared their work. At the conference Drs. Hauck, Shapiro-Mendoza and Darnall (members of the American SIDS Institute’s Research Advisory Council) also presented their […]

Approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS; International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision [ICD-10], R95), illdefined deaths (ICD-10 R99), and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ICD-10 W75). After an initial decrease in the 1990s, the overall death rate attributable to sleep-related infant […]

Drs. McEntire and Hunt (American SIDS Institute Executive Director and Board Member respectively) spoke at the International SIDS & Stillbirth Conference in September in Montevideo, Uruguay. Scientists...

Approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS; International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision [ICD-10], R95),...